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SZA, Swift and Bridgers top the Grammy list. AP writers predict who will win on music's big night
Read full article: SZA, Swift and Bridgers top the Grammy list. AP writers predict who will win on music's big nightWomen lead the major categories at the Grammys this year, with names like SZA, Taylor Swift, Victoria Monét, Phoebe Bridgers, Olivia Rodrigo and Brandy Clark topping the list.
Diane Warren and past winners Mark Ronson and Billie Eilish react to 2024 Oscar music nominations
Read full article: Diane Warren and past winners Mark Ronson and Billie Eilish react to 2024 Oscar music nominationsThe often-nominated Diane Warren and past winners Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt and sibling duo Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell are among the nominees for music awards for the 2024 Oscars.
Bill Cosby lawyers cry foul as civil sex assault trial looms
Read full article: Bill Cosby lawyers cry foul as civil sex assault trial loomsWith less than a week to go before a civil trial, Bill Cosby's lawyers are crying foul over a change in the story of a woman who alleges he sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion.
Cosby invokes systemic racism as he fights #MeToo conviction
Read full article: Cosby invokes systemic racism as he fights #MeToo conviction___Constand knew Cosby from her job at Temple University, where Cosby was a booster, alumnus and longtime trustee twice her age. (She thought she was taking a homeopathic supplement; Cosby later said it was Benadryl, while acknowledging he once gave a 19-year-old Quaaludes before sex.) A decade later, Black comedian Hannibal Buress took Cosby to task for his scolding. You rape women, Bill Cosby, so turn the crazy down a couple notches," he said onstage in 2014. She also believes that racial bias exists in the criminal justice system.
Bill Cosby granted appeal in Pennsylvania sex assault case
Read full article: Bill Cosby granted appeal in Pennsylvania sex assault casePHILADELPHIA In a stunning decision that could test the legal framework of #MeToo cases, comedian Bill Cosby has won the right to fight his 2018 sexual assault conviction in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Cosby has said he relied on that agreement before agreeing to testify in the trial accuser's civil lawsuit. Those issues have been at the heart of the case since Cosby was charged in December 2015, days before the 12-year state of limitations expired. Montgomery County Judge Stephen O'Neill allowed just one of them to testify at Cosby's first trial in 2017, which ended with an acquittal. The Associated Press typically does not name people who say they have been victims of sexual assault without their permission, which Constand has granted.